Entries for March 2018

More than $240,000 from the Australian Government will be invested in in upgrading three aerodromes throughout Durack, improving access to basic services and essential deliveries such as food, medicine and mail under Round 5 of the Remote Airstrip Upgrade Program announced today.
Federal Member for Durack Melissa Price said that funding of... read more »

Assistant Minister for the Environment the Hon Melissa Price MP today announced the Australian Government is investing more than $2.1 million in WA’s own amazing places.
“I’m pleased that the world-renowned Ningaloo Reef and coastline, Purnululu National Park and the Shark Bay region will all receive $700,000 to help manage the... read more »

Marine protection is everyone’s business and some would argue that our marine environment is WA’s greatest asset.
The spotlight is on marine protection this week with the tabling of the Australian Marine Park management plans (the Plans) into the Federal Parliament. The Plans will protect our valuable marine environment while looking... read more »

A major renewable energy project funded through the Coalition Government’s Building Better Regions Fund is now providing the Mingullatharndo Aboriginal community near Roebourne, Western Australia, with clean water and more reliable electricity supplies.
Federal Member for Durack the Hon. Melissa Price MP opened the plant today, and s... read more »

More patients in Durack are seeing their doctor without paying a cent, with the bulk-billing rate increasing to a record 85.8 per cent in the first half of the 2017–18 financial year.
This is the highest GP bulk-billing rate on record for the July to December period and it is nearly 4% higher than Labor’s 81.9 per cent, w... read more »

Assistant Minister for the Environment the Hon Melissa Price MP today announced the Australian Government is investing more than $2.1 million in WA’s own amazing places.
“I’m pleased that the world-renowned Ningaloo Reef and coastline, Purnululu National Park and the Shark Bay region will all receive $700,000 to help manage the... read more »